How To Install libjs-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-clipboard
libjs-clipboard is:
Copying text to the clipboard shouldn’t be hard. It shouldn’t require dozens of steps to configure or hundreds of KBs to load. But most of all, it shouldn’t depend on Flash or any bloated framework.
That’s why clipboard.js exists.
There are three methods to install libjs-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjs-clipboard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-clipboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-clipboard
Install libjs-clipboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-clipboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-clipboard
Install libjs-clipboard Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-clipboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-clipboard
How To Uninstall libjs-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-clipboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-clipboard
Uninstall libjs-clipboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-clipboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-clipboard
Remove libjs-clipboard Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-clipboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-clipboard
Remove libjs-clipboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-clipboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-clipboard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-clipboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
